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Carson-Dellosa Publishing LLC, a leading provider of premium quality standards-based learning resource solutions, is launching www.carsondellosa.com/ericcarle, a dedicated The Very Hungry Caterpillar™ teacher resource website offering a variety of free ideas, teaching tips, tools, and printable classroom materials that feature author Eric Carle’s award-winning, bestselling book. To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of The Very Hungry Caterpillar™, and the launch of the new teacher resource website, Carson-Dellosa has partnered with Chorion, the licensing representative for The World of Eric Carle brand, to offer a sweepstakes that awards teachers and classrooms exciting The Very Hungry Caterpillar™ prizes and the opportunity to submit a question that will be answered in an exclusive online Q&A with the famed author and artist. The 40th Anniversary online Sweepstakes offers teachers the chance to win a grand prize consisting of a giant autographed hardcopy edition of The Very Hungry Caterpillar™ book, a costumed appearance by The Very Hungry Caterpillar™ at the winning teacher’s school, and a special Eric Carle prize pack. Dozens of first and second prize winners will also receive exciting merchandise from The World of Eric Carle, and every winner gets Carson-Dellosa’s new The Very Hungry Caterpillar™ Bulletin Board Set which features the very same illustrations that have endeared young readers for decades. The Interviews webpage offers teachers the opportunity to submit a question that will be answered in an exclusive online Q&A with the famed author and artist. Eric Carle will answer a select number of questions each week through the month of January. Designed to enrich The Very Hungry Caterpillar™ experience in the classroom, the new website offers a menu of teacher resources including: lesson plans, craft ideas, bulletin board display ideas, a teachers’ gallery, and interactive interviews with the renowned author. The Lesson Plans webpage offers a variety of content for classrooms in language arts, math, science, character education, and social studies. Teachers can download reproducible worksheets for handwriting practice; student incentives including bookmarks, certificates and badge patterns; and the always popular coloring sheets that let students color the stages of The Very Hungry Caterpillar™. The social studies lesson plan covers the study of geography through monarch butterfly migration patterns and includes The Very Hungry Caterpillar™ Visits the US and the World, a printable project designed for travel to classrooms throughout the US and the world. Students can send the Caterpillar along with photos and a questionnaire to classrooms around the world. After its visit, The Very Hungry Caterpillar™ will return to the sender’s classroom with photos and other interesting facts about what it experienced during its visit including local climate, what types of butterflies exist in that area, and the distance travelled. The Craft Ideas webpage brings students into the Eric Carle studio with a step-by-step photographic tutorial on how to prepare painted tissue papers and create collages just like Carle’s world famous designs. The webpage also includes classroom craft activities that encourage children to express their creativity as they respond to the story. The Bulletin Board Display Ideas webpage guides teachers in preparing creative interactive teaching and learning displays designed to help children learn colors and numbers, sequencing, counting and patterning, and the life cycle of a butterfly. Teachers can submit their own ideas to the Gallery page to inspire others and see what other teachers are doing. Additional information is available through a Carson-Dellosa customer service representative at (800) 321-0943 |
